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Akiko Mimura reappointed as JFTC commissioner for second five-year term

By Sachiko Sakamaki
  • 09 Feb 2021 21:06
  • 09 Feb 2021 21:06
Akiko Mimura won parliamentary approval today to be reappointed as a commissioner for the Japan Fair Trade Commission. Mimura, 63 years old, is expected to assume her second term on Feb. 22 as one of the four commissioners.
Mimura, former chief of Yokohama Family Court and a graduate of the

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Sachiko Sakamaki

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo


Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.

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